Country 10: Switzerland
As I close in on 100 countries… I’m retracing my route… Fresh from a mid-summer glacier ski on the Jungfrau mountain, the fifteen-year-old me surveys the world… glimpsing a future packed with travel and adventure…
As I close in on 100 countries… I’m retracing my route… Fresh from a mid-summer glacier ski on the Jungfrau mountain, the fifteen-year-old me surveys the world… glimpsing a future packed with travel and adventure…
As I close in on 100 countries… I’m retracing my route… A slither of land wedged between the tourist magnets that are France, Germany and Belgium…
As I close in on 100 countries… I’m retracing my route… A naturally flat and featureless landscape need not mean boring. Not when human ingenuity has garnished it with tulips and windmills…
As I close in on 100 countries visited in a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… What could I say about Belgium back then?… I left pretty much as I had arrived, with a jumble of impressions…
As I close in on 100 countries visited in a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… A family holiday in Crete gave free reign to a young mind that had been devouring Greek mythology…
As I close in on 100 countries visited in a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… My first visit to Spain was pretty stereotypical…
As I close in on 100 countries visited during a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… It was another school trip, this time for skiing
As I close in on 100 countries visited during a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… My first ever flight is still one of my longest…
As I close in on 100 countries visited during a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… A short hop across the Channel and an obligatory day trip for many English schoolchildren…
As I close in on 100 countries visited during a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… I’m reliably informed that the UK was the first country I ever set eyes on though I can’t recall that moment…